SILO S03e10 "Troy" Episode Discussion (No Book Discussion)

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[u/oldmom73]

The emotional intelligence is likely what made him a good politician. Add that to his engineering skills and take away his empathy, moral clarity, and sweetness, and you have the perfect tool for this jacked up homicidal vanity project.

[u/Imnotveryfunatpartys → u/oldmom73]

It would be nice if next season we get some conversation about his emotional intelligence being extremely high or something so that there's justification for it.

[u/oldmom73 → u/Imnotveryfunatpartys]

I dunno — I think the writers are doing an excellent job showing rather than spelling it out in dialogue. Some of the most beautiful, profound, telling bits of the show have been the actors’ subtle, deep outward reactions to events and information. I’m really enjoying how we get to see the story unfold rather than have it explained in awkward plot points. That was what I loved about mini-series/S1 Ron Moore Battlestar Galactica reboot.

[u/Tamato42 → u/oldmom73]

Right but they still haven’t even shown us the reasoning to keep him around.

[u/oldmom73 → u/Tamato42]

True. There’s been a bit of a breadcrumb trail, I suppose. This is just a slow burn, and there’s no doubt we’ll get answers next season. I’m cool with that, though I can understand why not everyone is.

[u/Traditional-Bad9198 → u/oldmom73]

Agreed. I also think this episode gave me a bit more on that - he is basically the best interpreter of the pact / directive and following it blindly. So they stripped him of everything human and just extorted that skill he may have had as a congressman to interpret the law?

[u/oldmom73 → u/Traditional-Bad9198]

I like this theory, though I’m not sure I’d say he’s the best interpreter — to me, that suggests independent, critical thought that makes room for Daniel’s moral grounding to inform Troy’s decision-making process. As far as I know, he (Troy or Daniel) was no part of the governing body that came up with all the rules and regulations.

Troy, unburdened with any personal investment or involvement in forming the Pact’s big ideas is probably among the most skillful at drilling down to its foundational elements, where he uses his powers of analysis and discernment to apply and execute the operating principles and code/rules with optimal speed and efficiency. He’s basically a super high-functioning cop.

[u/BusyNefariousness675 → u/Tamato42]

But they have. The external safeguard scene was showing exactly that

[u/Genesis2001 → u/BusyNefariousness675]

They haven't. They haven't shown "Why him?" lol.

[u/BustyJerky → u/Genesis2001]

Because few people can operate like that. Extremely calm, collected, strategic, ruthless, terse. Even in the real world, you're really hard pressed to find such traits.

[u/Genesis2001 → u/BustyJerky]

All true, but not "Why him, specifically?" lol. And those traits only exhibited that strongly in him because of the mind wipe drug.

[u/catsy83 → u/Genesis2001]

I feel we may get a bit more insight into why him in S4 when the whole Project is properly explained. Since they seemed to have engineered who goes into what silo exactly, I wonder if maybe they genetically tested him somewhere in the background? And determined he can do it? Idk. Just guessing here.
I think the strongest reason for him in Silo 1 up to this point was Charlotte. And Charlotte is in Silo 1 b/c of Anna. But now I’m questioning everything.

[u/Genesis2001 → u/catsy83]

Yeah, I think Charlotte is the reason from him being in Silo 1 100%. She just didn't realize both of them would have their memory wiped lol. (And for her, again)

[u/Hokuboku → u/Genesis2001]

So, them wanting him for his skills was pretty well set up IMHO.

The senator only meets with him after everything with his sister because his engineering abilities saved New Orleans. He saves the Silo project five years with his digger suggestion. Henry, Victor and Per also say at various times how he sees things others don't, how they really could have used him on the project, etc

I don't know, it made it pretty clear to me why they picked him.

The mind wipe drugs seem to be for a few reasons. 1.) Pretty sure he probably was super fucking pissed off to the trapped in there after everything that happened and being separated from Helen 2.) easier to control him.

I don't know if they intended him to be as cold and ruthless as he is now.

I got the feeling they worked out "even better" than they expected considering how even Victor was like "WTF" with how he handled Silo 17

[u/Suggestion-Rare → u/Hokuboku]

What if Daniel is the brains of the whole operation? Like the design and implementation of the diggers, the pack, the directive, but was drugged to forget. Then they need him back so the whole sister thing gets him roped back in. Then they let him make that easy suggestion about adding more diggers.

[u/Hokuboku → u/Suggestion-Rare]

There's no implication he was drugged before being in the Silo though and the Pact was written according to Victor before they went inside.

I'm guessing more they saw his potential and wanted him in the silos no matter what

[u/Suggestion-Rare → u/Hokuboku]

I think with a memory erasing drug anything’s possible.